Help With IPA and Latin Text

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IPA LATIN VOWELS

	Sounds:(ah) Spelled:a
	Sounds:(eh) Spelled:e,ae,oe
	Sounds:(ee) Spelled:i
	Sounds:(aw) Spelled:o
	Sounds:(oo) Spelled:u

IPA Latin Consonants
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• There are three glides used in Latin:, , and .


• There are no dipthongs pronounced as such in Latin. Each Vowel sounds clearly without the glide off effect of English or Italian
  
• When writing in IPA form the colon (:) is used between two consonants that are the same
  
• The "h" is silent in Latin, except it sounds "k" in two words ("mihl" and "nihil")
  
• "s" alone always receives the unvoiced "s" sound, never a "Z" sound.
  
• "c" and "g" are soft (c= and combined; g= , and combined) when precding e,i,y,ae,oe
  
• "c" and "g" are hard (c= ; g= ) when preceding a,o,u, or consonants
  
• "sc" is hard (sc= and combined) when preceding a,o,u, or consonants
  
• "sc" is soft(sc= ) when preceding e and i
  
• "ti" followed by a vowel and preceded by any letter except s,t or x is pronounced "tsi"
  
• "th" is pronounced "t"
  
• "z" is sounded "dz"
  
• "x" is voiced (gz) when the previx "ex" begins a word and is followed by a vowel or h (i.e. exaudi)
  
• "x" is unvoiced (ks) in all over positions (i.e. crucifixus)**EXCEPT when the prefix "ex" is followed by a soft "c"; then thr group is pronounced "eksh"***
  
  
  
  
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